Tuesday, January 3, 2012

"He is jealous for me, loves like a hurricane, I am a tree
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy
When all of a sudden I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory
And I realize just how beautiful You are and how great Your affections are for me

And oh, how He loves us, oh
Oh, how He loves us, how He loves us all

Cause we are His portion and He is our prize
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
If His grace is an ocean, we're all sinking

And heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest
I don't have time to maintain these regrets
When I think about the way

That He loves us, oh how He loves us
Oh, how He loves us, oh how He loves"
-How He Loves

Tonight I am overwhelmed by God's grace. Tonight I am filled with this incredible love that HE has for me. Tonight I am in awe of who my incredible God is. Though my little mind can't even begin to comprehend how long, deep, high, or wide it is, I am overwhelmed by the little bit I can understand.
He still chooses to love me even though I am filthy, small, and broken. He still chooses to accept my small offering even when He is as great and powerful as He is. He deserves SO much more than what we can offer, yet He still has a mind-blowing love for us. He still chooses to take me back, no matter how many times I fail or mess up. He is always there with open arms, waiting for me to embrace Him.
I am humbled at how BIG, AWESOME, INCREDIBLE, BEAUTIFUL, FAITHFUL, LOVING, MERCIFUL, and ALL-POWERFUL He is. And I am completely overwhelmed at His great love for me.
So tonight, as I praise Him, I do not ask anything of Him other than to completely overtake me. Because I only want to be filled with Him and nothing else. I want to follow Him wherever He leads me, that I may be able to show this incredible love to others. I want to be all-consumed by Him because it is only then that I can have true joy in my heart. Only then can I know that HE is good, therefore anything that may happen to me is good and He deserves all the glory and honor for it.
He is God and I am not, so He deserves ALL of me; nothing held back. Tonight I give Him my whole heart, that He may take it and make it into whatever He wants it to be.

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